Consumer Reports: Best Valentine's Day chocolates

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CONSUMER REPORTS -- What would Valentine’s Day be without chocolate? And if you’re thinking of indulging a special someone or yourself, Consumer Reports testers tasted dozens of boxes and
found some truly excellent choices.

Testers look for ultra-smooth chocolate coatings and fillings that have fresh cream or real natural flavors. The $90 Woodhouse Chocolate Assortment earned top honors, with distinct flavors such as cinnamon toast and buttery pecan pie encased in delicious chocolate.

And, Consumer Reports added several new chocolates to its “excellent” list this year. Recchiuti Confections Black Box for $45 features some unusual flavors, including rose caramel and star anise with pink peppercorn, cloaked in dark, milk, and white chocolate.

Another new excellent option is the $50 Xocolatti Collection of truffles. There are some unexpected fillings such as olive-oil basil and coffee-nutmeg.

Something to keep in mind: Indulgence comes at a price. Most fine chocolates should be eaten within seven to 10 days, which means you’re best choosing overnight or one-day shipping, and that can add substantially to the cost.

And. if you’re the happy recipient of some fine chocolates, Consumer Reports says that the best way to eat chocolate is to pop the whole thing in your mouth, because many times there are different layers, and you want to get the sensation of the texture and the flavors all together.

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